BANGLADESH

Maha Ashtami today

Maha Ashtami, the third day of the five-day Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community and a few small ethnic groups, was celebrated on Monday with enthusiasm and religious fervor across the country.

Maha Nabami Puja will be held on the fourth day on October 4.

It will come to an end on October 5 with the immersion of the idols of goddess Durga in rivers and other water bodies.

Swami Premananda Maharaj of Ramkrishna Mission and Ramkrishna Math, Dhaka said  Goddess Durga will come to earth (martyalok) from heaven (Kailash) riding on elephant which signifies, as per mythology, that the earth will witness natural disasters like storms but production of grains and crops will increase.

Durga Puja is being celebrated at 32,168 mandaps across the country this year including 241 in the capital, according to Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad.

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